A serious rift has erupted within the NRA (National Revenue Authority) Board of Directors over the decision to purchase a piece of land (4 town lots) along Wilkinson Road in Freetown for a scandalous US$2.8M (Two Million eight hundred thousand United States dollars). Reports indicate that some senior members of the NRA management team are implacably opposed to the idea …

The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Corporation, Prof. David Francis has held his first Virtual meeting with Sierra Leone Ambassadors and High Commissioners abroad at the Minister”s Conference Room, Tower Hill in Freetown. The purpose of the meeting was to present the new political leadership of the Ministry as well as the country’s new Foreign Policy shift from Economic …

By Mohamed Fofanah. Chozen Generation in collaboration with the Sierra Leone Reporters Union, and the Citizens Advocacy Network (CAN) on Tuesday held a one-day discussion on cyber-security and Government’s efforts to pass the Cybercrime Act 2020, which is expected to protect “Critical national infrastructure.” The seminar was part of efforts to amplify digital right, data protection, cyber-security, and internet freedom …

PUBLIC NOTICE DECLARATION OF THURSDAY 13TH MAY 2021 AS PUBLIC HOLIDAY The General Public is hereby informed that the Feast of Eid-Ul-Fitri, marking the end of Ramadan will be observed on Thursday 13h May 2021. Accordingly, Thursday 13th May 2021, will be a Public Holiday throughout the country. END State House Tower Hill Freetown 11th May 2021

The Government of Sierra Leone and SL Mining have in a Memorandum of Understanding agreed an out-of-court settlement aimed at resolving the issues between them. This disclosure was made yesterday at a  meeting held at Tokeh Resort between the two parties. The out-of-court settlement has been done in the best interest of the company and the country as the MoU …

By Jane B. Mansaray. The former Secretary to the President, Mr. Emmanuel Osho B. Coker yesterday appeared before the Appeal Court on grounds of challenging the findings and recommendations contained in the Justice George Biobele Goodwill led Commission of Inquiry report. The appeal first came up on the 10th May 2021 on directive hearing, presided over by Justice Fatmata Bintu …

The management of the Sierra Leone Ports Authority is currently on structural and functional transformation. This transformation has been attributed to so many players, and one of which is the current Acting General Manager, Yankuba Askia Bio. Mr. Bio was appointed in September 2018 as the Deputy General Manager to Dr. Abdulai Fofana, the General Manager, Sierra Leone Ports Authority. …

State House, Freetown, Monday 10 May 2021 His Excellency President Dr Julius Maada Bio has taken part in and completed a symbolic national civil registration confirmation process which started on 6 May 2021 by the National Civil Registration Authority, NCRA. Director General of the Authority, Mohammed Massaquoi, said that the exercise was to verify the information they had about individuals …

On Friday 7th May 2021, President Dr. Julius Maada Bio had a 35 minutes conversation with his counterpart, His Excellency, President Xi Jinping of the People’s Republic of China in commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relationship between Sierra Leone and China. President Bio congratulated President Xi Jinping and the People of China on the …

The public could recall that on Friday, 14th October 2020, the National Commission for Social Action (NacSA) commenced the verification of 36,000 (Thirty-Six Thousand) potential beneficiaries of the COVlD-19 Emergency Cash Transfer ll (ECT Il) in all markets and street settlements across Freetown including potential listed beneficiaries from the Ministry of Labor and Social Security MLSS) and the Ministry of …